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TIL Sharks have been on earth for longer than trees have.

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AEOa TIL 1.9 billion Coca Colas are sold per day. That’s over 74 million kgs of sugar/day just for the world’s Coke consumption.
mxJ1x TIL that "Gish gallop" is a debate technique that focuses on overwhelming an opponent with as many arguments as possible without regard for accuracy or strength of the arguments
P1KYO TIL that Linear A, the writing system used by the Minoans of Crete, still hasn't been deciphered.
6wOQ TIL The US military still uses 8-inch floppy disks to run its nuclear program. They are used to coordinate intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers and tanker support aircraft.
QNde6 TIL The reason most South and South-East Asian writing symbols are curved and rounded is that they were easier to inscribe into palm-leaves. The oldest surviving documents written in Sanskrit, dated two millennia old, were written on palm leaves.